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Spatial Christianisation in Context: Stratigraphic Intramural Building in Rome from the 4th - 7th C. AD (Paperback)
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Spatial Christianisation in Context: Stratigraphic Intramural Building in Rome from the 4th - 7th C. AD (Paperback)
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This book is the first to closely examine the location of the
earliest purpose-built Christian buildings inside the city of Rome
in their contemporary context. It argues that some of these were
deliberately sited by their builders so as to utilise prominent
positions within the urban landscape or to pragmatically reuse
pre-existing bath facilities for Christian liturgical practice.
Several examples are discussed with the latest archaeological
discoveries explored. Two particular case studies are also examined
within the Subura area of the city, and their urban location is
examined in relation to the commercial, religious, social and
public spaces around them, known through a 3rd century A.D. survey
of the city. Certain other Christian basilicas in the city
encroached or blocked roads, were situated by main arterial
highways, were located on hills and eventually reused prestigious
public buildings. Other examples were located by potent 'pagan'
sites or important places of public congregation, with two
structures suggesting the political astuteness of a 4th century
pope. This book shows that the spatial Christianisation of Rome was
not a random and haphazard process, but was at times a planned
project that strategically built new Christian centres in places
that would visually or practically enhance what were generally
small and modest structures.
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